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Dickerson, Carroll, 1895-1957

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Personal name headingDickerson, Carroll, 1895-1957
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1895
Death date1957-10
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
AffiliationHot Five
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Violinists
Found inChicago in the twenties. Volume 1, 1926-1928 [SR] 1977?: container (Carroll Dickerson, violin, leader of Carroll Dickerson's Savoy Orchestra; formed his first band in 1921 in Chicago)
OCLC, June 23, 1998: (hdgs.: Dickerson, Carroll, 1895-1957; Dickerson, Carroll)
African American National Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dickerson, Carroll; jazz musician, violinist, bandleader; born 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; led jazz bands in Chicago, including residencies at the Entertainers' Café and Sunset Café (1920s); participated in Armstrong's Hot Five and Savoy Ballroom Five sessions; organized a show called Hot Chocolates; comfortable in styles as different as hot jazz and light classics; died October 1957)